[HPforGrownups] Re: Living With Sirius

[Susanna Luhtanen]

No: HPFGUIDX 28346



Susanna Luhtanen
s_luhtanen at hotmail.com



>From: "Lucy Austin" <lucy at luphen.co.uk>
>Reply-To: HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com
>To: <HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com>
>Subject: Re: [HPforGrownups] Re: Living With Sirius
>Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2001 19:12:50 -0000
>
> > > > *heavy sigh*  I think I am in desperate need of a new support group
> > > > to advocate that Sirius is not seriously bent and a danger to
> > > himself
> > > > and others, but is simply misunderstood and doesn't always think
> > > > things out before acting.  Perhaps S.I.N.I.S.T.E.R. (Sirius Is not
> > > > Nutters; Instead, Sirius Tried to do Everything Right).
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > Count me in on this group.
> >
> > Me too, please.
>
>
>Me too, me too!!

Me, as well.

Book #3: Remember how Harry tried to get that permission to go to Hogsmeade?

Dursleys - he tries to make a deal, he begs.
Minister of Magic (Should be "father" of the Wizard Society)
Head of Gryffindor (Should be "mother" of Gryffindor students)
None did. So er - Fred & George give him this informal permission (Signed by 
Harry's Father, Godfather, a teacher and the one who had caused neither 
being able to sign the formal permission) and Harry went,
but only to realise that he didn't really want it.

What he really lacked, was not Hogsmeade, but parental care. He begged for 
it. No one ever gave that to Harry - that little note only made him 
painfully aware of his lack of parental care, Neville had his grandmother, 
all others their parents. Harry had no one.
Sirius gave that parental care by offering home for Harry (didn't work out, 
but it wasn't Sirius's fault) - Harry didn't even need to ask - beg for what 
is the right of every child. Sirius offers it freely.
Sirius signs that permission - Harry didn't even mention it to him.

And Sirius in book #4 - he cares for Harry - he does, in all, act like a 
caring parent. Something Petunia and Vernon don't give even to Dudley. When 
Sirius got Harry's letter "it's not real. It doesn't hurt anymore"- kind of 
thing, the response is "Nice try, Harry, but won't work".

Sirius notices reality much better than most of others (like reading the 
truth between lines from Rita Skeeter's stories). He escaped from Azcaban 
seeing Harry was in danger, to protect his godson.
Even as Lily's true parental love for Harry managed to block a curse that 
was "impossible" to block, Sirius's true parental love enabled him to escape 
from the "unbreakable prison". So I do believe Sirius cares for Harry - just 
as much as Harry's late parents did.

> > And I actually don't have any problem with him calling Snape a
> > "slimy, oily, greasy kid". I'm sure he was. So, he's talking about
> > a teacher? I don't have much respect for a teacher who takes his
> > grudges out on his students and who treats Harry like scum just
> > because he didn't like his father. I don't say Snape is really a bad
> > guy, but I strongly dislike him. So it might be true that you can
> > either be a Sirius fan or a Snape fan.
>
>I don't think Sirius should treat Snape with respect just because he's a
>teacher - after all, it's not like Snape has authority over him. It's just
>two people of the same age who dislike each other.

Respect must be earned, it can't be demanded. And Snape is not someone I'd 
respect as a person. Sirius is.
Snape is insulting Harry's late father (It's just not right to speak so to 
an orphan!) and being the worst fear of Neville...
He helds a job and rank of teacher, but he's not a teacher, he's a potion 
expert. He ought to take lessons from Sprout and Lupin. They know how to 
teach!


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